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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1957
Page
1
Beaumont chamber seeks a local WWI WWII or Korean War hero to name the U S Army Reserve armory after. After notices in papers and letters to civic and service clubs, no candidate has emerged.
President Eisenhower hopes a face to face meeting with Arkansas Governor Faubus will sketch a pattern for easing school integration tensions. He plans to listen closely as Faubus outlines ideas to resolve the federal state impasse over court ordered integration and keep peace in Little Rock. Brownell Adams and Rep. Hays attend the session. Injunctions have been filed in U. S. District Court.
The Miami Valley forecast calls for continued cloudiness and warm humidity with occasional showers today and tonight. A high near 82 and low around 60 are expected. Saturday turns partly cloudy and cool, with Sunday dry and cooler. Middletown reported a 4:30 p.m. high of 84 and a 9 a.m. low of 68.
Gov. Orval Faubus flies to Newport R I to confer with President Eisenhower on the National Guard use at Central High School and the ongoing civil rights clash. Rep. Brooks Hays optimistic about guiding principles from the talks as two aides join Faubus. A federal court hearing on Sept. 20 may be narrowed if a prearranged settlement emerges.
W Rep. Brooks Hayes said after a meeting between Governor Faubus and President Eisenhower a solution may close a phase of the school integration problem. He planned private talks with Sherman Adams and expected to avoid letdowns while in Providence and Newport pursuing flexibility in legal avenues.
Dorothy Counts, 11, pulls her enrollment at Harding High School in Charlotte after recounting harassment in the corridor where she felt isolated and unsafe. Her father, Rev. H. L. Counts, confirmed the withdrawal stating protection concerns and compassion for their native land guided the decision.
Dorothy, a light-skinned Black student, faced spitting, milk cartons, ice, and a shard of tin on her head on the first days at Harding, while a window was smashed. Her withdrawal followed. School board officials say no misconduct prompted withdrawal.
The Friday the 13th Club in Philadelphia hosts a luncheon at 12:13 p.m. featuring horrors d oeuvres. Menu items include sugared bumble bees fried grasshoppers fried ants lotus roots salted cherry blossoms fricasseed whale skin roasted caterpillars fried worms and rattlesnake meat from a Japan importer's supply.
Nashville officials received a broad federal court order banning interference with school integration. The temporary decree prohibits acts to keep Negroes from first grade classes and bans boycotts of integrated grammar schools as six schools begin their first full week. Judge William E. Miller will decide whether to convert the order to a permanent injunction.
A lighthearted note reports a girlfriend imagining a $3,000 mink coat when offered a penny for her thoughts, reflecting humor about shopping desires and dating banter.
AMirror News letter urges motorists to slow down after a mother’s plea for three children killed in a road crash. The writer, four years after the loss, asks why speed endangers loved ones and recalls the smiling children now gone. The mother remains unable to cope, in a mental hospital.
Damascus reports Brig. Asif Bizry and Lt. Col. Abdel Hamid Serraj returned from Cairo after pledging Syria will not attack, including Israel. They defended nationalism, denied Communist control, and said Syria and Egypt's armies act as a unified force under Egyptian command amid regional arms shifts.
United Nations debate over a resolution condemning the Soviet intervention in Hungary faced Burma backed amendments. The sponsors including the United States would likely defeat Burma changes to condemn rather than deplore, as the resolution calls for Soviet troops withdrawal and free elections with Prince Wan Waithayakon urged to pursue steps on Hungary.
Scientists postponed a morning nuclear test blast at the Atomic Test Site in Nevada. One test, code named Fizeau, remains tentatively set for 5 p.m. PDT pending a weather evaluation.
Jim Lindsey and Lou Bettis, Goodyear Aircraft engineers from Phoenix, survived a five day rafting trip through 45 miles of upper Rio Grande rapids from the Colorado line to near Taos New Mexico. They faced constant waterfalls rocks and freezing water and crawled to safety with lines snagged on rocks. They were missing for a time but contacted rescuers and hikers who found them.
The Brooklyn Museum cannot discard an Egyptian mummy despite red tape. The 65 year old man, born in Egypt around 300 A.D., remains in limbo as officials weigh shipping, burial, or destruction options. Doctor Helpern may simplify with a Health Department certificate for anatomical use.
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